RE: ot - laptop for dba
- From: "Blanchard, William" <wblanchard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <girlgeek@xxxxxxxx>, <william.muriithi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <jpiwowar@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2010 10:11:31 -0500
Claudia,
If your purpose is to play with 11g, then you really only have two
options (well, ok, three via VirtualBox/VMWare/Parallels) Windoze or
Linux. 11g isn't available yet for Mac and, if memory serves, it took
about 3 or 4 years from the initial release of 10g for the Mac version
to come out. If you use Solaris at work, you can install OpenSolaris on
a partition so your environment is similar to what you'll see at work.
WGB
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[mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Claudia Zeiler
Sent: Monday, May 31, 2010 2:24 PM
To: william.muriithi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; jpiwowar@xxxxxxxxx
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Subject: RE: ot - laptop for dba
Guys, Thank you all for the input.
My use of this laptop is mainly to play with the new features of 11g. I
gather that that is a definitive "You will have to install a VM to run
11g on Mac." I know that the install SHOULD go smoothly. Sometimes they
do, and sometimes they don't. I think that I'll stick to a windows
machine or maybe finally get a Linux one as I have been threatening
ever since I got my Vista machine.
Thank you all for the informed input.
-Claudia
> From: william.muriithi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: jpiwowar@xxxxxxxxx
> CC: girlgeek@xxxxxxxx; oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Mon, 31 May 2010 12:51:06 -0500
> Subject: Re: ot - laptop for dba
>
> Claudia,
>
> Yeap, as John said, oracle 10 run on Mac natively without any problem.
Have yet to try oracle 11 though.
>
> In short, as long as its not a serious database that require support,
that would not be a good reason to avoid Mac.
>
> On 2010-05-31, at 1:36 PM, John Piwowar wrote:
>
> > Hi Claudia,
> >
> > It *is* possible to have a toy database running natively on a Mac,
with the caveat that it's 10.2.0.4 only. You also have the option of
running other versions in a virtualized environment, which is mostly
pain-free. :-) It can also be cost-free, since Oracle's Virtualbox
product is a free download.
> >
> > FWIW, I've been a Mac-using DBA for 5 years, and I'm very happy with
the platform. I'm sure that the last thing the list needs/wants is a
Mac/Windows/Linux religious discussion, though, so no prosyletizing from
me! ;-)
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > John P.
> >
> > (Strange spelling? iPhone's fault. Strange content? Alas, that's all
me)
> >
> >
> > On May 31, 2010, at 10:01 AM, Claudia Zeiler <girlgeek@xxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Time for a new laptop. Shall I switch to a Mac? I have seen DBA's
using Macs, but I wonder, do any have a toy database on the Mac? How?
There is no Oracle certified for Mac that I know of.
> >>
> >> Thanks for any tips.
> >>
> >> -Claudia
> >>
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